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PointyWombat t1_iwowgcd wrote

I'm amazed how a fucking idiot like this got any political traction at all. How fucking broken is the US political system if fucking morons like this are getting votes? Just fucking wow.

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TDLMTH t1_iwpptz0 wrote

Republicans have spent literal decades denigrating expertise. Net result is that now all you need is the letter R beside your name to get the vote of their base. Then, once elected, they support whatever legislation the party grandees (themselves captive to the donors) tell them to support.

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arcxjo t1_iwpukjo wrote

Yeah and "vote blue no matter who" is clearly different from that phenomenon.

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PureMetalFury t1_iwpy5di wrote

Right: “I will vote for racists and predators and evil monsters. I don’t give a shit. I just hate taxes (and maybe gay people or other minorities)”

Left: “this one party is weirdly friendly with people who want me dead. I’ll have to vote for the only other party that has a chance to win, which at least doesn’t openly hate me and people like me.”

You, an Enlightened Centrist: “these two positions are literally indistinguishable.”

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bunkscudda t1_iwqacut wrote

“Tax code and bodily autonomy are basically the same. As long as we’re talking about someone else’s body. If we talking mask laws and no shirt no service signs, those are clearly the government trying to control my life”

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Daiye7 t1_iwpyahq wrote

Yes. It is different.

Vote blue so that people WONT lose rights and equality -vs- Vote red so that we CAN TAKE AWAY people's rights and equal standing.

Vote blue so that children can eat at school for free -vs- Vote red so that children can get DNA tests kits to use for identification after they've been brutally, unrecognizably murdered by a weapon of mass destruction.

Vote blue so that we can all have anything nice -vs- Vote red so only rich people have anything nice.

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Pr0ducer t1_iwpve0a wrote

Next up, President Camacho.

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LevelHeeded t1_iwpyzgg wrote

Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho would be a step up. At least he's focused on real issues, like all that starving bullshit, and running out of French fries and burrito coverings.

At least Camacho had some kind of plan, and found the smartest man in the world to assist him.

What I'm trying to say is Herschel Walker is dumber than Idiocracy.

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Darwins_Dog t1_iwqdj4k wrote

Obviously you never saw him play football in college. Turns out rushing yards are a good proxy for political ability.

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Thelmara t1_iws944v wrote

> How fucking broken is the US political system if fucking morons like this are getting votes?

Completely.

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